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THESE DAYS (OFFSPRING EDITION)

Nearly one in three Britons think that if a woman jumps up and down, washes or urinates immediately after sex, she can prevent pregnancy.

A Bakersfield pediatrician, intending to create a "Christian atmosphere" for his patients, refused to treat a child with an ear infection because her mother was sporting a tattoo.

Doctors at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary used Sildenafil, also known under the trade name of Viagra, to open up tiny blood vessels in a premie's lungs and save her life.

"He was in his house, sitting in his chair, as if watching television, and the television was, in fact, still on."

— Dr. Stuart Dawson, Suffolk County deputy chief medical examiner, discussing how police found the body of Southampton, New York, resident Vincenzo Riccardi, 70, who had apparenlty died of natural causes in front of his television over a year ago